RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ptolemy Ii Philadelphus, Hebrew Bible, Septuagint

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11 Apr 2018
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The entwinement of three kinds of love (of humans, for each other, for god) Love in the hebrew bible and christian agape. Christianity: agape became a central concept, as we will see, and as a result of being central to the largest religion in the world, it became one of the most influential words ever coined. The septuagint: the translation commissioned by the egyptian pharaoh ptolemy ii. He brought 72 jewish scholars, 6 from the 12 tribes of ancient israel to help translate the bible into greek. Septuagint was destined for the library of alexandria, perhaps the greatest centre of learning of the ancient world. The library is here being burned (48 bce) This ro(cid:271)ust(cid:374)ess of the lo(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:858)i(cid:859) is (cid:374)ot surprisi(cid:374)g. lo(cid:448)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es a relatio(cid:374)ship of o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s o(cid:449)(cid:374) self to a(cid:374)other(cid:859)s i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h e(cid:448)er(cid:455) po(cid:449)er of atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d affir(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)es i(cid:374)to play.

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